Much has been said in religious circles about the rapture. Most seem to believe it is an event in which the righteous will be taken from this earth while the rest are left behind. Jesus did hint at this when he said, "one will be taken and the other left."
A lot of millenial fever was stirred up in the years leading to 1844, a year a lay Bible student named William Miller thought the rapture would take place. Large numbers of people were disappointed when the expected return of Christ did not take place as expected.
The actual rapture, however, has most likely already occurred, taking place some time between 1844 and our day. Jesus did say few would be saved, and it's entirely likely that only ten souls were taken when the rapture did occur -- and all of them from the same place.
In November of 1872 a ship bound from New York to Italy, carrying American wood alcohol, was found adrift with no crew aboard. The Mary Celeste had been captained by a Puritan, Benjamin Briggs, who took his wife and daughter with him. The family, and seven crew members, were never found. Could it be they were taken away in the rapture?